Travels with Charley in search of America [sound recording] John Steinbeck.
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MusicSeries: Penguin classics: Publisher: New York : Penguin HighBridge Audio, [2011], p1994Description: 7 sound discs (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 9780142429198; 0142429198Subject(s): Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Travel -- United States | United States -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Audiobooks.DDC classification: 818/.5203 | B LOC classification: E169.Z8 | S83 2011abRead by Gary Sinise.Summary: Author John Steinbeck was 58 when he set out to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With his elderly French poodle, Charley, he embarked on a quest across America, from the northermost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula. Traveling the interstates and the country roads, they stopped to smell America: trucker and strangers, old friends and new acquaintances. Steinbeck's poignant, perceptive reflections reveal the American character: a blend of unexpected kindnesses and racial hostilities, loneliness and humor.
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| Audio CD | A J M Library 868-5076 | AR STEI (Browse shelf) | Available | 34455 |
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| AR STEE Silent honor | AR STEE The gift | AR STEE Rogue | AR STEI Travels with Charley in search of America | AR TAMM Born on a blue day | AR TAN Saving fish from drowning | AR Tart The secret history |
Unabridged.
Title from container.
Compact discs.
Duration: ca. 8:00:00.
Read by Gary Sinise.
Author John Steinbeck was 58 when he set out to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With his elderly French poodle, Charley, he embarked on a quest across America, from the northermost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula. Traveling the interstates and the country roads, they stopped to smell America: trucker and strangers, old friends and new acquaintances. Steinbeck's poignant, perceptive reflections reveal the American character: a blend of unexpected kindnesses and racial hostilities, loneliness and humor.
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